Sunday, May 26, 2013

Gapyoung and This week's Training 가평대회후기랑 이번주 훈련

Last week I had my first mountain bike race of the season at Yeon In San in Gapyoung north east of Seoul. I had raced the course 3 years ago and knew it wasn't really a great course for me mostly because it has a really long hard climb (like 10-15km of uphill). But I wanted to do the race anyway since now that I live in Seoul I never get to mountain bike. In addition to the course being pretty tough I got sick last week with the flu for about 3-4 days. I was feeling better but my legs weren't really responding well to my efforts. The race started an as soon as the climbing started I lost the front group. So I just rode steady to the finish line. Except for the huge tough climb the course is really pretty fun with some nice rolling sections and a nice fun downhill.
Since that race I got some good long rides in and hopefully I will be in good condition for the 100km mountain bike race in Jecheon next week. That course is a lot more suited to me since it plays out a lot more like a road race than an mtb race. June wil be a pretty busy month of racing with a grand fondo race/ ride the week after the 100km race and then two more races at the end of the month.